Past twitter posts from June 20th to August 20th
# Saying that, it’s a shame that zdnet doesn’t have a link to share it on twitter yet.7:20 PM Aug 19th from web
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Interesting article on ZDnet on how business users can use twitter http://tinyurl.com/lkcar97:19 PM Aug 19th from web
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@mypolice I think on social networks and at local services like tourist/council offices. A google public service ad would be good.6:37 PM Aug 19th from web in reply to mypolice
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To Follow or Not to Follow: A Twitter Guide - http://bit.ly/153P5L Hmmmm …… ;)6:35 PM Aug 19th from web
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Waiting for ZDnet to unblock the post for my community area @zdnet. Hope they do. One of thems’s about #sicamp.6:02 PM Aug 19th from web
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@kateho downstairs at citycafe? Or the TUN?1:07 PM Aug 19th from web in reply to kateho
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@brett_sheffield Interesting the patent troll doesn’t think that openoffice infringes its xml patent. http://tinyurl.com/oofqwa12:57 PM Aug 19th from web in reply to brett_sheffield
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first thing I did was change my password and deleted that tweet. http://bit.ly/VQZ1Z. http://bit.ly/VQZ1Z. lots of hacked accounts.11:06 AM Aug 19th from TweetDeck
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Looks like it wasn’t just me http://bit.ly/QGyEy11:00 AM Aug 19th from web
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It appears that my twitter account had been hijacked, so ignore the waitloss add. Like my food far too much to try to lose weight ;))10:57 AM Aug 19th from web
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I now have a tennant! Seems very efficient and organised., so far I’m impressed. I think I will do a post about the process of letting it.9:21 PM Aug 17th from TweetDeck
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The coolest design for a 3 pin plug ever! http://bit.ly/9Eqba Min Kyu Choi is a very clever girl! Her site is www.minkyu.co.uk/11:53 AM Aug 15th from TweetDeck
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@brett_sheffield tweeted this http://tinyurl.com/lbrq7y . I am amused yet slightly worried. Patent Trolls are not good in general.10:02 AM Aug 13th from TweetDeck
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Just saw dylan moran live. Totally on form!11:08 PM Aug 10th from mobile web
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Flat’s ready to rent, had some viewings. Couple of possibles. Updated advert. Now theres a video and pictures. http://bit.ly/2yvA1j .9:47 PM Aug 9th from TweetDeck
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The bathroom’s finished. Brett is now a tiling god….. http://twitpic.com/cq7r412:12 PM Aug 4th from TweetDeck
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sneezing while in restaurant. I blame the paprika9:06 PM Aug 1st from mobile web
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Doric Open been interviewed by bbc3:25 PM Jul 19th from mobile web
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foil competition ahead so far12:30 PM Jul 19th from mobile web
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has floormanaged the doric open12:26 PM Jul 19th from mobile web
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Interesting Article from the Honest Conman. http://bit.ly/4meU9.4:49 PM Jul 5th from TweetDeck
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@hugh_jackman nice icon12:28 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck in reply to hugh_jackman
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so close & yet so far away!3:13 PM Jul 2nd from mobile web
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on client site hot and bothered portable putty rules1:35 PM Jul 2nd from mobile web
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@mypolice Some of us are. let us know how you do. I’m on twitter this evening (Esther from Gladserv)3:29 PM Jun 26th from TweetDeck in reply to mypolice
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So it’s not just typing google into google that brakes the internet. RIP Michael. http://bit.ly/14KrU69:42 AM Jun 26th from TweetDeck
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@kateho I didn’t know till you twittered about it. It’s everywhere. Apart from the daily express front page.9:22 AM Jun 26th from web in reply to kateho
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Man uses twitter gets updates about electricity + water consumption @home what other alert’s can be tweeted ? http://bit.ly/15FkHn3:58 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
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Hopes the baby pears on the pear trees survive so that pear cider can be made later. http://twitpic.com/8ag3w l5:43 PM Jun 24th from TweetDeck
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Just walked barefoot on the grass and got shown a baby pine tree.6:58 PM Jun 23rd from TweetDeck
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managed some gardening half a blog post. then top gear. Hammond very naughty.12:58 AM Jun 23rd from Quakk
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Just noticed about the curfew proposed in aberdeen. So drunken idiots will be out earlier! It’s stupid. http://stopthecurfew.com/7:47 PM Jun 22nd from web
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modded my phone again. blame #sicamp 
Can now tweet from mobile.1:49 PM Jun 22nd from Quakk
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Heading into the presentations at #sicamp good luck guys!2:01 PM Jun 21st from web
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@bierex relearning a card game. See you tommorrow #sicamp9:15 PM Jun 20th from web
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Interesting most of #sicamp ’s projects are being built in Rails.6:53 PM Jun 20th from web
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@sicamp Any newer model of HP should. I do and brett does2:32 PM Jun 20th from web in reply to sicamp
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@sicamp #ourpolice2:30 PM Jun 20th from web in reply to sicamp
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@sicamp fixed a wireless connection. Need Coffee10:52 AM Jun 20th from web
Twitter account hacking
I was informed by my partner that my twitter account had been hacked. Now I had a secure password set for my account and I do not have a windows desktop or laptop. I run Ubuntu Linux Jaunty Jackalobe. Of course the only windows device I have is an htc touch pro, which is windows mobile 6 pocket PC. I use hellotwitface to tweet when I’m out and about. So could that have compromised me? I’m unsure. The passwords been changed on my twitter account and I’ll see what happens before I tweet from my phone.
My account tweeted one weightloss spam advert. The tweet was done from the web. You’ll see my initial tweets after the event on the site as I have a twitter feed on it. The thing is I have advertising on this blog. However I try to keep it discreet and on the sidebar and at the bottom of the web page. But I expect my microblogging to be ad-free. No one want’s ad-spam.
According to my initial google foo, my account was one of hundreds being used to send out this spam. According to Ben Parr on mashable, last week twitter apparently suspended thousands of accounts that had been compromised and were sending out spam after being infected with malware Koobface/Win32. The only advise symantec gives is make sure bluetooth isn’t turned on. There’s no sign of infection on the phone, plus no initial sign of hellotwitface being the culprit.
Of course it isn’t the first time twitter’s been hacked. Back in july drabdavid wondered if twitter had been hacked. Although this was because of all the porn followers that that appear out of no where and do not tweet. I suspect that’s just bot account creation though.
Although perhaps someone has guessed the password to a twitter staffer again and has managed to use the account to send out tweets with thousands of accounts. The staffer compromise happened earlier this year and thetechherald has a bit more detail about the account compromisation and how the news broke as someone posted images of how they got the staffers password through social engineering. So does ZDNET which details how the person got onto the account in the first place and promptly offered access to various high profile accounts back in January.
I’ve always felt that you do need a bit of psychology to be able to get past peoples barriers to get at secure system. The greatest danger to the security of any system is always the human element.
It’s very embarrassing being told that your method of communication is being hacked. I remember losing my mobile and thinking I’d left it in my flat. I only got alerted to the fact that someone else was using my phone by my partner when he got rude messages from my phone that were completely out of character. Of course they’d signed my phone for porn and I had to change my mobile number. So I feel I’ve got off lightly this time.
Regardless of what’s happened or how it’s happened, I’ve changed my password. Deleted the tweet and explained what happened to my few followers. I’m just waiting to see what happens with my facebook account. In fact I think I’ll head over there and change the password on that too . Then I’ll need to put a lock on my phone.
